Oriens prefecture

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Oriens prefecture was a major administrative division of the late Roman Empire encompassing the eastern provinces, including parts of the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oriens prefecture canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of the Roman Empire
praetorian prefecture
alsoKnownAs Praefectura praetorio Orientis
Praetorian Prefecture of the East
appliesToPeriod Late Roman Empire
linked to: Late Antiquity
borderedBy Gaul prefecture
Illyricum prefecture
Italia prefecture
capital Antioch
Constantinople
countryToday Bahrain
Cyprus
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
linked to: Palestine

Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
dissolvedGradually 7th century
establishedAfter Tetrarchic reforms
establishedBy Constantine the Great
linked to: Constantine I
establishedInCentury 4th century
existedDuringReignOf Justinian I
Theodosius I
hadRole civil administration
judicial authority
tax collection
headedBy praetorian prefect of the East
includedDiocese Diocese of Asia
Diocese of Egypt
Diocese of Pontus
Diocese of Thrace
linked to: Thraciae Diocese

Diocese of the East
languageOfAdministration Greek
Latin
locatedIn Asia Minor
Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Near East
linked to: Middle East
partOf Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Roman Empire
religionOfficial Christianity
subdivisionType diocese

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Illyricum prefecture borderedBy Oriens prefecture